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A pretty-printer for Ruby objects.

What PP Does

Standard output by p returns this:

#<PP:0x81fedf0 @genspace=#<Proc:0x81feda0>, @group_queue=#<PrettyPrint::GroupQueue:0x81fed3c @queue=[[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @breakables=[], @depth=0, @break=false>], []]>, @buffer=[], @newline="\n", @group_stack=[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @breakables=[], @depth=0, @break=false>], @buffer_width=0, @indent=0, @maxwidth=79, @output_width=2, @output=#<IO:0x8114ee4>>

Pretty-printed output returns this:

#<PP:0x81fedf0
 @buffer=[],
 @buffer_width=0,
 @genspace=#<Proc:0x81feda0>,
 @group_queue=
  #<PrettyPrint::GroupQueue:0x81fed3c
   @queue=
    [[#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @break=false, @breakables=[], @depth=0>],
     []]>,
 @group_stack=
  [#<PrettyPrint::Group:0x81fed78 @break=false, @breakables=[], @depth=0>],
 @indent=0,
 @maxwidth=79,
 @newline="\n",
 @output=#<IO:0x8114ee4>,
 @output_width=2>

Usage

pp(obj)             #=> obj
pp obj              #=> obj
pp(obj1, obj2, ...) #=> [obj1, obj2, ...]
pp()                #=> nil

Output obj(s) to $> in pretty printed format.

It returns obj(s).

Output Customization

To define a customized pretty printing function for your classes, redefine method #pretty_print(pp) in the class. Note that require 'pp' is needed before redefining #pretty_print(pp).

#pretty_print takes the pp argument, which is an instance of the PP class. The method uses text, breakable, nest, group and pp to print the object.

Pretty-Print JSON

To pretty-print JSON refer to JSON#pretty_generate.

Author

Tanaka Akira <akr@fsij.org>

Namespace
Methods
P
S
W
Included Modules

Constants

VERSION = "0.5.0"
 

Class Public methods

pp(obj, out=$>, width=width_for(out))

Outputs obj to out in pretty printed format of width columns in width.

If out is omitted, $> is assumed. If width is omitted, the width of out is assumed (see width_for).

PP.pp returns out.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File ruby/lib/pp.rb, line 95
def PP.pp(obj, out=$>, width=width_for(out))
  q = PP.new(out, width)
  q.guard_inspect_key {q.pp obj}
  q.flush
  #$pp = q
  out << "\n"
end

sharing_detection()

Returns the sharing detection flag as a boolean value. It is false (nil) by default.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File ruby/lib/pp.rb, line 124
def sharing_detection
  Ractor.current[:pp_sharing_detection]
end

sharing_detection=(b)

Sets the sharing detection flag to b.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File ruby/lib/pp.rb, line 128
def sharing_detection=(b)
  Ractor.current[:pp_sharing_detection] = b
end

singleline_pp(obj, out=$>)

Outputs obj to out like PP.pp but with no indent and newline.

PP.singleline_pp returns out.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File ruby/lib/pp.rb, line 107
def PP.singleline_pp(obj, out=$>)
  q = SingleLine.new(out)
  q.guard_inspect_key {q.pp obj}
  q.flush
  out
end

width_for(out)

Returns the usable width for out. As the width of out:

  1. If out is assigned to a tty device, its width is used.

  2. Otherwise, or it could not get the value, the COLUMN environment variable is assumed to be set to the width.

  3. If COLUMN is not set to a non-zero number, 80 is assumed.

And finally, returns the above width value - 1.

  • This -1 is for Windows command prompt, which moves the cursor to the next line if it reaches the last column.

Source: show | on GitHub 

# File ruby/lib/pp.rb, line 78
def PP.width_for(out)
  begin
    require 'io/console'
    _, width = out.winsize
  rescue LoadError, NoMethodError, SystemCallError
  end
  (width || ENV['COLUMNS']&.to_i&.nonzero? || 80) - 1
end